2005 boards member S250 has posted new images of what might be a Botcon 2010 exclusive Firecon(the 1st report of this figure surfaced here); a repaint of the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Megatron! S250 has mentioned that the clear parts remind him of the G2 Firecons.

What happened to such clear fan favourites as G2 blue Grimlock or G2 purple/teal dirge? The more I look at this set, the more disappointed I am at the jarring colours that seem like they come from a kid's colouring contest.

Some homages are not meant to be made.

If I'm not mistaken they specifically chose obscure characters with no modern homages or fiction, the whole point of this set is to take advantage of forgotten characters. G2 was never the point of the set, it was just meant to be G2 in spirit, which it clearly is.

What happened to such clear fan favourites as G2 blue Grimlock or G2 purple/teal dirge? The more I look at this set, the more disappointed I am at the jarring colours that seem like they come from a kid's colouring contest.

Some homages are not meant to be made.

If you're going to call G2 Ramjet a "clear fan favorite", it undermines your point to screw up his name.

What happened to such clear fan favourites as G2 blue Grimlock or G2 purple/teal dirge? The more I look at this set, the more disappointed I am at the jarring colours that seem like they come from a kid's colouring contest.

If this is G2 Cindersaur, I think they could have used a couple of different molds that would have looked a little closer to his original self than Megatron. Of course they're both basics molds, but Wreckloose or Undermine from Cybertron would have fit in better with the other Firecons.

They didn't want to do Scout sized toys.

Of course, they didn't have to do Cindersaur either and gone with a mold that more suited someone else.

I would have looked at this as "we want to use the BW10th Megatron mold, what character would best suit it" rather than "we want to do a new toy for Cindersaur, which mold would best suit him".